Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. A ballad is a type of poem that was traditionally set to music. The word ‘ballad’ comes from the Latin ...

Textual Cultures Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 2016 Shakespearean Ballads in Thomas Percy’s ... Shakespearean Ballads in Thomas Percy’s Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Transition from Oral Songs to ...